Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) unveiled a 20-point plan on Thursday for beginning to deal with the crisis of unaccompanied minors crossing the border from Mexico, proposing specific measures to deal with the children already in the U.S. and the broader problems that bring them here.

"This is a humanitarian and refugee crisis. It’s being caused in large measure by thousands in Central America who believe it is better to run for their lives and risk dying, than stay and die for sure," Menendez, who serves as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said at a press conference. He was joined by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Reps. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.).

"The bottom line is that we must attack this problem from a foreign policy perspective, a humanitarian perspective, a criminal perspective, immigration perspective and a national security perspective," Menendez continued.

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